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RNs defending New York’s health, demanding hospital preparedness The number of New Yorkers testing positive for COVID-19 are increasing steadily after three months of relatively low numbers. As we move into fall and flu season, nurses expect to see a …

As one of the organizers and leaders of America’s Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued a clear call for justice on behalf of African Americans and the entire working class. His words ring as true today as ever. Today, …

NYSNA lost a long-time member of our staff family this week, Nurse Rep Kathleen Korman, RN (above). President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, offered these thoughts: “I first met Kathleen in 1984 when she was working as a staff nurse at Montefiore. I had …

The upcoming New York City Council elections represents an opportunity to elect a pro-worker majority to City Council. COVID exposed the extreme inequality in our city. It laid bare the racial injustices and income inequality that harm our communities.  …

This past week brought news of the passing of another former NYSNA staff family member, Latha S. Catlin, RN. Latha joined NYSNA in 1988 after working at the NICU at NYC H+H/Bellevue Hospital Center. She devoted many years to the nurses at NYC H+H as a …

New York State County Health Departments have established vaccine distribution points (PODs) throughout New York, and when they do have the supply, they're often overwhelmed with demand. Please register through the ServNY Volunteer Management system, and …

On Tuesday, March 16, join nurses and healthcare professionals around the state for a virtual Day of Action to demand safe staffing standards in New York State! Community, labor, and elected allies can download our social media guide and participate in …

NYSNA President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, said: The killing of George Floyd last summer, by police officer Derek Chauvin, captured on video for the world to see, was an excruciating 9 minute and 29 second piece of evidence of a systemic disregard for …